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NEW
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Adoption
and Uptake Pathways of Biotechnology Crops:
The Case of Biotech Corn Farmers in Selected Provinces of
Luzon, Philippines
This monograph provides descriptive
analysis of the patterns, dynamics, and uptake pathways of
biotech crop adoption and the factors influencing such processes
experienced by biotech corn farmers in Pangasinan, Isabela
and Cagayan. This monograph is published by the University
of the Philippines College of Development Communication, ISAAA
and SEARCA.
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BIOLIFE Magazine - New Issue
Download the latest copy
of BIOLIFE Magazine Dec 2011 - Feb 2012. In this issue:
COVER STORY: SEAFDEC's big push to aquaculture biotechnology
(By Joel C. Paredes)
EVENTS:
Asian biosafety experts exchange knowledge (By
Jenny A. Panopio and Sophia Mercado)
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PDF (26.51 MB) | Download
previous issues
 SEARCA
BIC Institutional Brochure
This brochure provides information
about SEARCA BIC's agri-biotechnology outreach and communication
activities.
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PDF (3.81 MB) | Know
more details...
 Questions
and Answers: Development of Fruit and Shoot Borer Resistant
Eggplant in the Philippines
This brochure provides
information about the development of Bt eggplant in the Philippines,
a genetically-modified crop with resistant trait against the
Fruit and Shoot borer in eggplant. This brochure is developed
by the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II, the
Institute of Plant Breeding - University of the Philippines,
ISAAA and SEARCA BIC with support from the USAID.
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PDF (3.9 MB) | Read
more details...
 Biotechnology
and Its Applications
This brochure answers frequently
asked questions about biotechnology, its concepts and principles,
applications and potential benefits. It is developed by SEARCA
BIC and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech
Applications (ISAAA) and adapted from the Information Resource
Kit on Biotechnology developed by SEARCA BIC, ISAAA, the Agricultural
Support Project II (ABSP II), the Institute of Plant Breeding
- University of the Philippines (IPB - UPLB), the Philippine
Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research
and Department (PCARRD), the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) and the Program for Biosafety Systems
Southeast Asia (PBS-SEAsia).
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION RESOURCE KITS |
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Biotechnology
Information Resource No. 1:
FSBR/Bt Eggplant: A safer, more profitable biotech innovation
The first in the series
of biotechnology information resources published by the SEARCA
Biotechnology Information Center. This one-page information
material features the fruit and shoot borer resistant (FSBR)/Bt
eggplant as a promising biotech crop that is being developed
in the Philippines. The article here is also published in
BIOLIFE Magazine.
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PDF (3.3 MB) | Read
the full article...
Biotechnology
Information Resource No.2:
Bt Crops: Better and safer crops towards foof security and
sustainable agriculture
The second in the series
of biotechnology information resources published by SEARCA
BIC. It highlights the benefits of adopting Bt crops that
have been proven safe to humans and the environment, reduce
pesticide use and increase crop yields. The article in this
2-page information material is alo published in BIOLIFE Magazine.
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full article...
Biotechnology
Information Resource No. 3
2010 Global Data Show Philippines Remains Steadfast in Biotech
Adoption
The third in the series
of biotechnology information resources published by the SEARCA
Biotechnology Information Center. This one-page information
material features the Philippine status on adopting biotech
crops in 2010, the number of farmers benefitting from the
technology and the current R&D initiatives on agricultural
biotechnology being conducted in the country.
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PDF (4.92 MB) | Read
more details... | See
details about BIR Nos. 1 and 2
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BOOKS |
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Media,
Messages & Metaphors: How Philippine Newspapers Define
Agri-biotech
The 3rd in the series of
biotech communication booklet published by ISAAA, it synthesizes
the key findings of the research titled 'Print Media Reportage
of Agricultural Biotechnology in the Philippines: A Decade's
(2000 - 2009) Analysis of News Coverage and Framing authored
by Dr. Mariechel Navarro of ISAAA Global Knowledge Center
(KC); Jenny Panopio of SEARCA BIC; Noel Amano and Donna Bae
Malayang, both former staff of ISAAA (KC). The study underscores
the relationship between science and media and the process
of negotiating public or popular images of science. It analyzed
media coverage, sources of articles, tone, media frames, use
of metaphors, and article titles. The research paper is accepted
for publication in the Journal
of Science Communication.
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Communication
Challenges and Convergence in Crop Biotechnology
The book presents case
studies that offer unique and rich examples of how countries
have been able to guide through the 'drama' of crop biotechnology
as they shepherd innovations from the laboratory, greenhouse
trials, multi-location trials, and hopefully to farmers' fields.
This is co-published by ISAAA and SEARCA.
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a copy (USD 50.00) | Read
Chapter 3: Philippines: Drama and communication behind Asia's
first commercialized Bt corn
Projected Impacts of Agricultural
Biotechnologies for Fruits and Vegetables in the Philippines
and Indonesia
The book presents the projected
level and distribution of costs and benefits associated with
the featured biotech crops based from a series of ex-ante
impact assessment studies supported by the Agricultural Biotechnology
Support Project II (ABSPII) and the International Service
for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).
The book is co-published by ISAAA and the Southeast Asian
Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
(SEARCA).
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The Unfolding Gene Revolution
This book, a co-publication
between ISAAA and SEARCA, unravels the development of plant
biotechnology, specifically genetic engineering. Dr. Eufemio
T. Rasco Jr., the, author, comprehensively reviews the basic
sciences relevant to biotechnology and the art and science
of genetic engineering in a simple, non-technical and humorous
way.
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a copy (USD 70.00) | View
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ISAAA Brief 40:
Communicating Crop Biotechnology: Stories from Stakeholders
This book, published by
the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech
Applications, features 49 collective stories from 14 countries,
and was written by 19 authors from ISAAA’s Global Knowledge
Center (KC) and the Biotechnology Information Centers (BICs).
It highlights well-documented stories from different stakeholders
on the benefits of crop biotechnology and the ways by which
the ISAAA’s global knowledge sharing network responded to
their need for accurate, and science-based information on
crop biotechnology.
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Bridging the Knowledge Divide:
Experiences in Communicating Crop Biotechnology
This handbook aims to highlight
the strategies and approaches in communicating crop biotechnology
that the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology (KC)
and Biotechnology Information Centers (BICs) have evolved
from their vast experiences as well as knowledge-base available
in science communication. Hence, the handbook while primarily
meant as a guidepost for the network of BICs, can also be
used by other institutions interested in science communication
in general, and biotechnology communication in particular.
This publication hopes to contribute to bridging the knowledge
divide that limits stakeholders from benefiting from proven
technologies and scientific advancements due to the lack of
planned and deliberate communication initiatives.
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The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of
Agricultural Biotechnology in the Philippines
This country monograph
on the socio-cultural dimensions of agricultural biotechnology
in the Philippines is a collaborative study by communication
researchers from the International Service for the Acquisition
of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) and the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It addresses the need for published
research focusing on key stakeholders in agricultural biotechnology
in developing countries. Specifically, the study seeks answers
to the following questions: a) What do stakeholders generally
know or understand about agricultural biotechnology? b) What
are their views and opinions about the impact and role of
biotechnology in their lives? c) Where do they obtain information
and what kind of information do they get? and d) Who do they
trust or have confidence in to tell the truth about biotechnology?
This monograph is co-published by ISAAA, SEARCA and the University
of the Philippines College of Development Communication.
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BROCHURES |
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Questions and Answers: Development
of Fruit and Shoot Borer-Resistant/Bt Eggplant - TRANSLATIONS
Download copy of the Bt
eggplant brochure translated in five (5) Philippine local
languages:
Filipino:
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Ilocano:
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Bicolano:
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Bisaya:
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Ilonggo:
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Bt Corn and Potential Alternate
Host Plants of the Asian Corn Borer
This brochure highlights
the findings of a study on potential alternate host plants
of Asian corn borer that was conducted by Dr. Merdelyn Caasi-Lit,
University Researcher at the Institute of Plant Breeding of
the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). The results
were obtained from a survey in 3 major corn growing areas
in the Philippines, namely, Bukidnon, South Cotabato and Isabela.
These potential alternate host plants may serve as natural
refugia.
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Bt Corn and Trichogramma
The fifth of a series of Bt
corn brochures, this interesting three-fold brochure was published
with the expertise of Dr. Pio Javier of the National Crop
Protection Center of UPLB behind it. The results shown in
this brochure says that more Trichogramma (a miniature flying
insect highly beneficial to corn & other plants in controlling
pests) and other natural enemies of the Asiatic corn borer
(ACB) were found in Bt corn plants suggesting that Bt corn
is not harmful to natural enemies of ACB.
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Bt Corn and Grain Quality
The fourth of a series of Bt
corn brochures, this very informative two-fold brochure was
produced hand-in-hand with Ms. Lyn A Esteves of the Bureau
of Postharvest Research & Extension of the Department
of Agriculture, Republic of the Philippines. This brochure
presents results of a local study conducted in Cauayan, Isabela
and Kibawe, Bukidnon in order to assess the potential of Bt
corn in reducing mycotoxin contamination.
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Bt Corn and Feed Safety
Developed in collaboration
with Prof. Lydia J. Querubin of the Institute of Animal Science,
College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los
Baños (UPLB), this brochure presents results of a local study
investigating feed safety of Bt corn and comparison in quality
of broilers fed with it vis-a-vis broilers fed with conventional
corn.
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Bt Corn and Insect Diversity
This brochure presents the
results of a study that investigated the impact of a Bt corn
hybrid variety and the community of insects of field experiments
conducted in farmers' fields in Isabela and Camarines Sur
during the 2001-2002 wet cropping season. Produced jointly
with Dr. Stephen G. Reyes of the Dept. of Entomology, College
of Agriculture, UPLB.
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Bt Corn Primer
Our first primer-brochure on
Bt corn crafted jointly with the GMA Corn Program of the Philippines
Department of Agriculture (DA). This primer attempts to answer
several basic questions about Bt corn.
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Natalged Kadi Dagiti Taraon a Manipud
Kadagiti "Genetically Modifed (GM) Crops"?
The first of a series Iloko
(or Ilokano, a Philippine dialect) brochures, this brochure
is a local translation of Pocket K No. 3 'Are foods derived
from GM crops safe?', a publication of the ISAAA Global Knowledge
Center on Crop Biotechnology (KC). This brochure provides
information on issues related to GM foods as well as how food
derived from GM crops assessed for food safety.
A joint publication by the Philippines' Department of Agriculture
through its Biotechnology Program and SEARCA BIC in partnership
with the Cagayan Valley Agriculture and Resources Research
and Development Consortium (CVARRD), Ilocos Agriculture
and Resources Research and Development Consortium (ILARRDEC),
and Cotabato Agriculture and Resources Research and Development
Consortium (CARRDEC).
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Saludsod ken Sungbat Maipapan Kadagiti
The second of a series of Iloko
(or Ilokano, a Philippine dialect) brochures, this colorful
brochure is a local translation of Pocket K No.1 'Q and A:
Genetically Modified (GM) Crops' a publication of the ISAAA
Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology (KC). This brochure
provides answers to frequently asked questions on GM crops
including information on global adoption.
This brochure is jointly published by the Philippines'
Department of Agriculture-Biotechnology Program, SEARCA
BIC, the Cagayan Valley Agriculture and Resources Research
and Development Consortium (CVARRD), Ilocos Agriculture
and Resources Research and Development Consortium (ILARRDEC),
and Cotabato Agriculture and Resources Research and Development
Consortium (CARRDEC).
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Saludsod ken Sungbat Maipapan Kadagiti:
Dagiti Kasapulan a Maamuan Panggep iti Modern Biotechnology,
Bt Crops, ken Bt Corn
This brochure is the third
in the series of biotechnology brochures in Ilocano language.
It provides information about modern biotechnology, the potential
benefits of Bt crops, specifically Bt corn.
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MAGAZINE |
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BIOLIFE Magazine - New Issue
Download the latest copy
of BIOLIFE Magazine Dec 2011 - Feb 2012. In this issue:
COVER STORY: SEAFDEC's big push to aquaculture biotechnology
(By Joel C. Paredes)
EVENTS:
Asian biosafety experts exchange knowledge (By
Jenny A. Panopio and Sophia Mercado)
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PDF (26.51 MB) | Download
previous issues
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